Congressional Hispanic Caucus Urges Biden to Appoint Latino to FCC
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus pressed President Joe Biden to appoint a Latino FCC commissioner. It tweeted Thursday that the “continued absence” of at least one member of the community on the commission “would be tremendously disappointing” because “Latinos represent almost…
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20% of the U.S. population, are the largest ethnic minority group, & consistently over-index” on media consumption. CHC Chairman Raul Ruiz, D-Calif., began urging Biden’s transition team in late December to fill a vacant FCC seat “with a qualified Latino candidate.” Biden faced pressure from other groups to appoint acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel or fellow Democratic Commissioner Geoffrey Starks as permanent chair for representation reasons. Senate Democrats want Biden to move quickly to name a third FCC Democrat to break a 2-2 deadlock (see 2102050064). With “multiple qualified Latino candidates” available, the CHC is “confident that there is no reason why a qualified Latino candidate should not be appointed to be at least an FCC commissioner,” Ruiz wrote Biden transition co-Chair Jeffrey Zients.